8 things you shouldn't leave in your car in subzero weather

Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the U.S. as 2018 began, breaking century-old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attributed to exposure to the dangerously low temperatures. (Jan. 2)
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Icicles form on the tritons in the Forsyth Park Fountain on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. Savannah is shivering through a rare bout with icy weather, with the National Weather Service predicting that up to 2 inches of snow and sleet could fall Wednesday on the typically balmy coastal city.(Photo: Steve Bisson, Savannah Morning News via AP)

Cellphones

Apple advises against storing the iPhone or iPad at temperatures below negative-4 degrees, and they shouldn't be operated at temperatures lower than 32 degrees. There are similar recommendations for Samsung phones and other electronics. Lithium-ion batteries popular in cellphones are the most vulnerable component to cold, USA TODAY reports. They can stop working in extreme cold but should be OK once you get back indoors. However, repeated exposure to subzero temperatures can cause problems.

Soda or beer

Water expands when it freezes. And for canned liquids under pressure, that can mean explosion. The freeze temperature for Coca-Cola is 30 degrees, and the temperature for beer that's 5% alcohol by volume is 27 degrees (higher-alcohol beers freeze at lower temperatures), as NJ.com reported.

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Musical instruments

Things contract when they freeze, so this can cause some instruments to go out of tune. More seriously, "damage can be done when an instrument shrinks as a result of the cold air. If your instrument is made of real wood, the cold air can cause cracking, which is very expensive to repair. Sometimes they are broken beyond repair," according to The Real School of Music. If an instrument is left in a freezing car for a long period, try to make it warm up gradually.

Eggs

Eggs shouldn't be allowed to freeze in their shells; if that happens, throw away any cracked eggs. Keep the un-cracked ones frozen, and move them to the refrigerator before use. "These can be hard cooked successfully, but other uses may be limited. That's because freezing causes the yolk to become thick and syrupy so it will not flow like an unfrozen yolk or blend very well with the egg white or other ingredients," according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Canned foods

Letting a can of beans freeze allows for the water to freeze and expand in a similar way to beer and soda. The USDA advises that this can result in a broken seal, causing spoilage. If canned food freezes, allow it to thaw in a refrigerator. "If the product doesn't look and/or smell normal, throw it out. DO NOT TASTE IT! If the seams have rusted or burst, throw the cans out immediately, wrapping the burst can in plastic and disposing the food where no one, including animals can get it," according to the USDA.

Medication

If you're visiting a pharmacy during the deep freeze, consider that some medications can be affected by low temperatures. "Drugs like insulin can lose their effectiveness if they freeze. The same goes for any so-called suspended medication that has to be shaken before use," according to a report in The New York Times.

Warmer weather is causing new problems in the US. Ice fell off tall buildings in Houston. Thawing pipes are leaking in Louisiana, leading to water conservation and boil advisories. Maine residents worry that frozen rivers may thaw and flood. (Jan. 19)
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North Carolina is dealing with up to 10 inches of snow and thousands of power outages after Wednesday's storm. Montgomery, Alabama firefighters contended with the frigid weather as they battled a fast food restaurant blaze early Wednesday. (Jan. 18)
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The South awoke on Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess. First came a thin blanket of snow and ice, and then came the below-zero wind chills. Dangerous, icy roads are reported from Texas and Louisana east to Georgia and North Carolina. (Jan. 17)
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The National Weather Service says rivers dropped back below flood stage in northern New England, after heavy rain and ice jams covered large areas with ice over the weekend. The region could get seven inches of snow by Wednesday. (Jan. 16)
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Flooding is reported on several swollen Connecticut rivers, causing problems around the state. In Kent, ice jams on the Housatonic River prompted the private boarding school the Kent School to send more than 500 students home. (Jan. 15)
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The flight-tracking site FlightAware reports nearly 5,000 canceled flights across the U.S. due to the massive winter storm, disrupting travel nationwide. That includes over two-thirds of flights in and out of New York City and Boston airports. (Jan. 5)
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A massive winter storm roared up the East Coast on Thursday, threatening to dump as much as 18 inches of snow from the Carolinas to Maine, unleashing hurricane-force winds and damaging flooding. (Jan. 4)
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A massive winter storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, dumping as much as 18 inches of snow from the Carolinas to Maine. In New York City, visitors and workers in Times Square were taking it all in stride. (Jan. 4)
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A winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with rare snow and ice Wednesday. Savannah, Georgia had their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. Forecasters warned that the same system could soon strengthen as it rolls up the East Coast. (Jan. 3)
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The massive winter storm that's moved up the eastern seaboard is dropping snow in New York's Times Square on Thursday. The storm has canceled flights, shuttered schools and businesses and sparked fears of coastal flooding and power outages. (Jan. 4)
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A brutal winter storm is smacking Southern cities such as Savannah and Charleston with a rare blast of snow and sleet. Forecasters warn that the same system could soon strengthen into a "bomb cyclone" as it rolls up the East Coast. (Jan. 3)
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The winter storm moving up the east coast reached the Mid-Atlantic states, dropping snow in coastal areas of Maryland and Delaware. It made roads dangerous in North Carolina and could drop over 8 inches of snow on the Boston area on Thursday. (Jan. 4)
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Snow fell and piled up quickly before dawn in Long Branch on the New Jersey coastline on Thursday. A massive winter storm is moving up the U.S. Atlantic coast towards New York City and New England. It could drop 14 inches of snow on Boston.
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Meteorologists say a monster storm called a "snow hurricane" or "bomb cyclone" is expected to bring wintry weather to Florida and Georgia on Wednesday. Forecasters expect it to make the East Coast even colder and drop heavy snow on New England.
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A large swath of the U.S. is freezing under Alaska-like weather, but parts of the nation's northernmost state itself are basking in balmy conditions. Tuesday's official temperature tied a record 44 degrees in Anchorage. (Jan. 2)
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Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the U.S. as 2018 began, breaking century-old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attributed to exposure to the dangerously low temperatures. (Jan. 2)
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From north to south, cold weather is affecting much of the United States. Niagara Falls is covered in snow, parts of Texas near Houston battle dangerous icy roads, and Hollywood, Florida deals with strong winds and colder-than-usual temperatures. (Jan. 2)
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An annual Coney Island tradition, the Polar Bear Club plunge, took place as scheduled Monday, despite a forecast high of only 19 degrees. Hundreds start off the new year at the famed beach by jumping into the Atlantic Ocean. They've never canceled because of the cold. (Jan. 1)
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Ice can be seen forming on Lake Superior around Duluth Harbor in Minnesota. The wind chill was 36 below zero there on Monday. WDIO-TV reports that more ships than usual are in the harbor because the cold slows down some cargo loading equipment. (Jan. 2)
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Chunks of ice floated down the Mississippi River and fountains froze in Texarkana, Arkansas as wind chill advisories stretched South Texas to Canada and from Montana and Wyoming through New England. (Jan. 2)
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Throngs of revelers ushered in 2018 in New York's frigid Times Square as the glittering crystal ball dropped. The temperature was only 10 degrees in New York City at midnight. It was the second-coldest ball drop on record. Only 1917 was colder. (Jan. 1)
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Forecasters say the freezing temperatures in the northern U.S. could stretch into the new year. They are warning about hypothermia and frostbite. People who work outdoors in Burlington, Vermont have some ideas about dealing with the cold. (Dec. 28)
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The National Weather Service says International Falls, Minnesota, known as the "Nation's Icebox," set a record low temperature of 37 degrees below zero on Wednesday. Hibbing, Minnesota was 28 below. More ice formed along Lake Superior in Duluth. (Dec. 28)
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Loved ones

This should be obvious. But it's worth noting that children and elderly people can be more susceptible to hypothermia at cold temperatures, with symptoms such as shivering, confusion and exhaustion, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So even limited amounts of time in an unheated vehicle could be dangerous. The same goes for pets.

A low gas tank

Keeping a fuel tank more than half-full helps to prevent fuel lines from freezing. It's also a good idea to check fluids, such as antifreeze. The cold can affect tire pressure. "A temperature change of just 10 degrees can cause a 10% reduction, or constriction, of air in tires. So tire pressure can be affected from day to night temperature," according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.

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Gusty wind picks up snow accumulated on the ground as Jesse Sherwood, of Jersey City, N.J., jogs at Liberty State Park on Jan. 6, 2018, in Jersey City. About 100 million people faced a new challenge after the whopping East Coast snowstorm: a gusty deep freeze, topped Saturday by a wind chill close to minus 100 on New Hampshire's Mount Washington that vied for world's coldest place.
Julio Cortez, AP

A person walks in the snow on King Street in Charleston, S.C., on Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades.
Matthew Fortner, The Post And Courier via AP

Ice floats in the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan with Jersery City, N.J., visible across the river on Jan. 7, 2018, as bitterly cold temperatures continued through the weekend in New York. The blast of arctic air that engulfed portions of the East Coast broke more cold temperature records in several cities, but weather experts say a warm-up is coming Monday.
Kathy Willens, AP

An overnight 5 alarm fire in the Dorchester neighborhood was fought in icy cold temperatures and high winds, Boston, Mass. on Jan. 7, 2018. The building is encased in ice after firefighters spent the night battling the blaze that left 25 residents displaced.
John Cetrino, EPA-EFE

Katherine Rozenbert and her granddaughter Rebecca, both of Paris, walk in Battery Park City on Jan. 7, 2018, in New York, after their return flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport, scheduled for Friday, was canceled due to bad weather. The bitter cold that followed a massive East Coast snowstorm should begin to lessen as temperatures inch up and climb past freezing next week.
Kathy Willens, AP

People walk past a massive snow pile near Astor place during sub zero temperatures in New York, New York on Jan. 7, 2018. A massive cold front hit the Eastern Seaboard with the wind chill, the temperature could reach -20 degrees celsius.
Jason Szenes, EPA-EFE

An automobile covered in snow with windshield wipers exposed in East Boston neighborhood in Boston, Mass. on Jan. 6, 2018. On the heels of a major winter storm on the East coast of the US, a weather system with deep cold moved into the Northeast for several days before the region will see moderate temperatures for the first time in weeks.
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A Boston Fire Department Firefighter's helmet is crusted in ice as he battles a 5-alarm fire in the Dorchester neighborhood in icy cold temperatures and high winds, Boston, Mass. on Jan. 7, 2018. About 100 firefighters battled a blaze that left 25 residents displaced.
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A woman walks down snow-covered Maverick Street in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston on Jan. 4, 2018, as a huge winter storm roared up the East Coast with hurricane-force winds, heavy snow and coastal flooding.
Michael Dwyer, AP

A vehicle parked on Abbott Avenue is surrounded by snowdrifts during a snowstorm that hit the New Jersey Shore on Jan. 4, 2018, in Ocean Grove, N.J. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold.
Julio Cortez, AP

Front loaders dump snow into a melter while clearing the apron around Gates C and D at Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport on Jan. 4, 2018, in New York. All flights have been suspended temporarily at JFK and LaGuardia airports due to wind and whiteout conditions.
Julie Jacobson, AP

Firefighter Justin Plaza pulls a rescued motorist to dry land, in Boston, Mass. on Jan. 4, 2018. Boston firefighters from rescue 1 swift water team donned ice rescue suits to effect a rescue of a stranded motorist. A snow storm was expected to bring up to 12 inches of snow to the area.
John Cetrino, EPA-EFE

A dog is seen in the driver's seat as two men help free a car stuck near the entrance to the Ben Franklin Bridge as a 'cyclone bomb' brings snowfall in in Camden, N.J Jan. 4, 2018.
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John Texada walks through Market Square with his 5 month old son Collin, during a brief snowfall in downtown in Knoxville,Tenn Jan. 4. 2018 TTexada took his son for a walk so he could experience his first snowfall.
Calvin Mattheis, USA TODAY NETWORK

Vehicles move along a snow and ice covered Interstate 26, near Savannah, Ga. on Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm dumped snow in Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three decades before slogging up the Atlantic coast and smacking Southern cities such as Savannah and Charleston, South Carolina, with a rare blast of snow and ice.
Robert Ray, AP

Savannah College of Art and Design student Helene Fischer fashions a small snowman on a park bench in Forsyth Park on Jan. 3, 2018. Fischer, who is from Florida, experience snow for the first time.
Steve Bisson, Savannah Morning News via AP

Children from the Hoffman and Lynns families build a snowman on the public basketball courts in Forsyth Park on Jan. 3, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency through Friday for at least 28 counties because of the frigid weather.
Stephen B. Morton, AP

Ice forms on a break wall along Lake Erie with the city of Cleveland in the background on Jan. 3, 2018. Dangerously cold temperatures have gripped wide swaths of the U.S. from Texas to New England.
Tony Dejak, AP

Ice covers large portions of the Hudson River near Beacon, N.Y. on Jan. 3, 2018. Bitterly cold temperatures gripped much of the nation on Tuesday, testing the mettle of even winter-wise northerners and delivering a shock to those accustomed to far milder weather in the South.
Seth Wenig, AP

woman photographs a frozen fountain in Bryant Park on Jan. 3, 2018 in New York City. New York City was placed under a winter storm watch Wednesday as a major weather system is expected to threaten the area with heavy snow and powerful wind Wednesday night into Thursday.
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Omar Elkhalidi uses a wood shim to scrape ice off his windshield that accumulated overnight from freezing temperatures on Jan. 3, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. Only a few motorists ventured out in freezing rain that coated bridges and ramps with ice, forcing police to close roads and highways in Savannah.
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Kenneth Freeman, carries his daughter Alora, 8, as they visit a frozen water fountain downtown in Atlanta on Jan. 3, 2018. A brutal winter storm scattered a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain from normally balmy north Florida up the Southeast seaboard Wednesday, adding to the misery of a bitter cold snap. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency through Friday for at least 28 counties because of the frigid weather.
David Goldman, AP

A New Jersey State Police boat, in view of The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial, returns to its berth in Camden, N.J., through ice on the Delaware River on Jan. 3, 2018. Crew members take the vessel out regularly to prevent its inlet from icing over in freezing weather. Crew members take the vessel out regularly to prevent its inlet from icing over in freezing weather.
Matt Rourke, AP

Icicles form on a outdoor string of lights as temperatures struggle to get above freezing on Jan. 2, 2018, in Houston. Plunging overnight temperatures in Texas brought rare snow flurries as far south as Austin, and accidents racked up on icy roads across the state. In the central Texas city of Abilene, the local police chief said more than three dozen vehicle crashes were reported in 24 hours.
Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle via AP

Water is frozen on a tree in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. on Jan. 2, 2018 after a resident left his sprinklers on. Temperatures are expected to stay below freezing at night for the Panhandle through Thursday morning.
Nick Tomecek, Northwest Florida Daily News via AP

Aiden Cook, 12, from Atlanta, Ga., flies off his sled as he heads down a hill at Kiwanis Park in St. Joseph, Mich. on Jan. 2, 2018. Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the U.S. as 2018 began, breaking century-old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attributed to exposure to the dangerously low temperatures.
Don Campbell, The Herald-Palladium via AP

Visitors walk at a frozen Niagara Falls in views from Stedman's Bluff on Goat Island of the American Falls. Visitors to Goat Island at Niagara Falls State Park are treated to a winter wonderland when mist from the falls freeze to the landscape on Jan. 2, 2018.
James Neiss, The Niagara Gazette via AP

A trio of swans gracefully glide in the frigid water of Gravel Pond in Glenburn Township, Pa. on Jan. 2, 2018. The high temperature reached 20 degrees not including the wind chill.
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Sherlin Galicia, left, Alexander Galicia, center, and Heidi Galicia play on the iced over pond at Overton Park while walking the dog on Jan. 2, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. The ice has grown a couple inches thick on the pond after several nights of sub freezing temperatures, which are expected to continue through the week.
Jim Weber, The Commercial Appeal via AP

A coin operated binocular is covered with snow on Goat Island at Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, N.Y. on Jan. 2, 2018. Almost every year frigid temperatures transform Niagara Falls State Park into an icy winter wonderland when the mist of the falls is blown back, freezing on the landscape.
James Neiss, The Niagara Gazette via AP

Nancy Alexander of Olyphant, Pa., bundles up against the extreme cold weather as she walks to the grocery store on Jan. 2, 2018, in Dickson City, Penn. The high temperature reached 20 degrees not including the wind chill.
Butch Comegys, The Times & Tribune via AP

A commuter makes her way to work in sub-zero temperatures on January 2, 2018 in Chicago, Ill. Record cold temperatures are gripping much of the U.S. and are being blamed on several deaths over the past week.
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Hunter and Haylee Cooper along with their friends sled down the hills at McCulloch Park on Jan.1, 2018 during sub-zero temperatures. The cold weather canceled the city's polar plunge event at Prairie Creek Reservoir.
Corey Ohlenkamp, The Star Press

Icicles form on the tritons in the Forsyth Park Fountain on Jan. 2, 2018, in Savannah, Ga. Savannah is shivering through a rare bout with icy weather, with the National Weather Service predicting that up to 2 inches of snow and sleet could fall Wednesday on the typically balmy coastal city.
Steve Bisson, Savannah Morning News via AP

A woman is bundled up as she walks in subzero weather on Jan. 2, 2018, in South Bend, Ind. The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories and freeze warnings Tuesday covering a vast area from South Texas to Canada and from Montana through New England.
Santiago Flores, South Bend Tribune via AP

Ice crystals form on a window in Lawrence, Kan. on Jan. 2, 2018. Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the U.S. as 2018 began, breaking century-old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attributed to exposure to the dangerously low temperatures.
Orlin Wagner, AP

A layer of ice is broken into pieces floating along the banks of the Hudson River at the Palisades Interstate Park with the George Washington Bridge in the background on Jan. 2, 2018, in Fort Lee, N.J. The Northern New Jersey region continued to experienced deep cold weather to start the new year.
Julio Cortez, AP

Michael Labingo wraps himself in blankets as the Star of Hope's Love in Action van delivers blankets and supplies to the homeless as temperatures hover in the 30s on Jan. 2, 2018 in Houston. Plunging overnight temperatures in Texas brought rare snow flurries as far south as Austin, and accidents racked up on icy roads across the state. In the central Texas city of Abilene, the local police chief said more than three dozen vehicle crashes were reported in 24 hours.
Michael Ciaglo, Houston Chronicle via AP

Ring-billed gulls rest on top of a layer of ice at Lake Spring Park in Salem, Va. on Jan. 2, 2018. The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories and freeze warnings Tuesday covering a vast area from South Texas to Canada and from Montana through New England.
Erica Yoon, The Roanoke Times via AP

Lloyd Seawright of Shorewood, who will be taking an icy dip for the ninth consecutive year, takes a selfie with a group dressed as polar bears, including (from left) Dave Kirkpatrick, his twin brother Dan Kirkpatrick, both of Greenfield, and Suzanne Forge of New Berlin, before Milwaukee's annual Polar Bear Plunge.
Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Amber Stewart of Terre Haute is completely covered after finishing the morning's Resolution Run in Indianapolis, Ind. on Jan. 1, 2018. Temperatures were about minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit for the start, which drew about 150 people, half of those who registered for the 5 kilometer and 1.5 mile event.
Robert Scheer, The Indianapolis Star

Fans stand in line in subzero temperatures to enter U.S. Bank Stadium to watch an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings on Dec. 31, 2017, in Minneapolis.
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April Nickila and Christina Liesmaki try to stay warm while waiting in subzero temperatures to enter U.S. Bank Stadium to watch an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings on Dec. 31, 2017, in Minneapolis.
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Steam rises from Lake Superior as the ship St. Clair comes to harbor during some of the coldest temps of the year on Dec. 31, 2017, at Canal Park in Duluth, Minn. The St. Clair is a self-unloader built in 1976 at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and is 770 feet long and has 26 hatches that open into 5 cargo holds, providing a load capacity of 45,000 tons.4
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Elliot Shores, 5, hits a puck into a net on Dec. 30, 2017 on a frozen pond on the campus of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia as his dad, Dan Shores, right, and friend, Golder O'Neill watch.
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Fans stand bundled against the cold weather in the parking lot of Gillette Stadium before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets on Dec. 31, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass.
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A light dusting of snow on some type of berrys in the country near Commerce, Texas on Dec. 31, 2017. A cold front moved into Texas and across the United States overnight bringing temperatures below freezing.
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Sea smoke, or steam fog, rises off the water in Dorchester Bay, Boston, Mass. on Jan. 1, 2018. Temperatures for the day started near 0 degrees Fahrenheit and is expected to rise to 14 degrees Fahrenheit .
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The cold snap continues as a man walks on the pier along side a frozen section of the harbor at Fort Taber Park in the south end of New Bedford, Mass. on Dec. 29, 2017.
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Jose Nieto uses a leaf blower to clear snow from the steps of a sick neighbor during a snowstorm on Dec. 29, 2017, in Bloomington, Ill. A snow mask and hearing protection allowed him to do his driveway and sidewalks as well.
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Aiden Lafuente, 12, left, looses a boot as his brother Frankie, 11, crashes into him as they sled down a hill by the capitol on Dec. 29, 2017, in Des Moines. Temperatures across the state continue to drop as more snow falls on Friday afternoon.
Brian Powers, The Des Moines Register via AP

Ben Seyboldt plays in the snow in his front yard in Erie, Pa. on Dec. 30, 2017. Several feet of lake-effect snow has fallen on the Erie region since Christmas Eve.
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Ron Rodney of Erie and his daughter Leah, 4, climb the stairs behind Strong Vincent Middle School while sled riding Dec. 30, 2017. Forecasters say 1 to 3 inches of snow could fall in most areas before the precipitation end by late Saturday afternoon. But several inches of snow were expected in Erie, which was under a lake effect snow warning issued by the National Weather Service.
Jack Hanrahan, Erie Times-News via AP

United States Postal Service carrier Nate McKeever works his route in frigid temperatures in Johnstown, Pa. on Dec. 29, 2017. Dangerously cold weather across half the country has advocates for the homeless scrambling to get people off the streets and officials urging residents to assist their elderly neighbors.
John Rucosky, The Tribune-Democrat via AP

Samantha Dement-Graham shovels her neighbor's sidewalk on University Avenue in Dubuque, Iowa, on Dec. 29, 2017. Cold arctic air dipping further south than usual prompted Omaha, Nebraska, officials to cancel a New Year's Eve fireworks show as a three-day deep freeze chills celebrations in Iowa and Nebraska. The National Weather Service is warning of hazardous weather conditions as a deep freeze sets in with expected temperatures in some locations dipping near records not seen in more than 130 years.
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Raid H digs his car out in his driveway on Dec. 29, 2017, in Erie, Pa. The cold weather pattern was expected to continue through the holiday weekend and likely longer, according to the National Weather Service, prolonging a stretch of brutal weather blamed for several deaths, crashes and fires.
Tony Dejak, AP

Jason Goldstein, left, and Jon Ross, side across the ice to check the raised flag on an ice fishing "tip-up" as a group of co-workers from Noank Shipyard take advantage of a day-off together to go ice fishing on Lantern Hill Pond in Ledyard, Conn. on Dec. 29, 2017. Shipyard employees have been busy right through the Christmas holiday shrink-wrapping boats and welcomed the break despite the cold weather.
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Casey Head crosses Main Street in downtown Concord, N.H., on Dec. 28, 2017. Bitter cold weather has taken hold of much of the northern United States, and wind chill advisories or warnings were in effect for much of New England, northern Pennsylvania and New York.
Elizabeth Frantz, The Concord Monitor, via AP

With temperatures in the single digits, Ray Levesque, mate of the crab/lobster boat Bradbill, makes his way across the deck covered in ice to tie off, after arriving in New Bedford, Mass., harbor on Dec. 28, 2017, from a one day fishing voyage. Temperatures across Massachusetts are not expected to rise above freezing for days.
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Ana Gonzalez of New Haven, Conn., right, helps her sister Alejandrina Gonzalez, left, put on another scarf as they brave temperatures in the teens on the National Mall, on Dec. 28, 2017, in Washington.
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People walk past a blue lobster ice sculpture outside the New England Aquarium as the temperature hovers in the low teens on Dec. 28, 2017 in Boston. The National Weather Service said there's the potential for record-breaking cold this week in New England.
Bill Sikes, AP

Pedestrians try to keep warm while walking in New York's Times Square, on Dec. 27, 2017. Freezing temperatures and below-zero wind chills socked much of the northern United States on Wednesday, and the snow-hardened city of Erie, Pa., dug out from a record snowfall.
Seth Wenig, AP

Soledda Hernandez stands on the roof of her car as she brushes off snow in Erie, Pa., on Dec. 27, 2017. Snow continues to fall in Erie and surrounding areas that already have seen a record amount of snow over the past few days, prompting a disaster emergency declaration.
Greg Wohlford, Erie Times-News, via AP

Kelly Richards, left, and Lisa Rippe, jog around Lake Harriet in the sub-zero temps, Dec. 27, 2017, in Minneapolis. Richards, originally from the Twin Cities but who now lives in Texas and was visiting for the holidays, remarked to nearby walkers that the weather was great.
David Joles, AP

A man walks his dog across the snow covered beach while a cargo ship sits in the steaming fog of Lake Ontario in Toronto on Wednesday. Cold temperatures have covered much of North America bringing arctic like conditions.
Frank Gunn, AP

Rochelle Carlotti, 28, shovels steps near her home after a record snowfall on Dec. 26, 2017 in Erie, Pa. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland says Monday's storm brought 34 inches of snow, an all-time daily snowfall record for Erie.
Greg Wohlford, Erie Times-News, via AP

Enjoying sunny skies but braving the coldest temperatures of the season, skaters take to the ice during the opening day of the Madison Parks Department rinks at Vilas Park in Madison, Wis. on Dec. 26, 2017.
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Residents in Erie, Pa. dig out on Dec. 26, 2017, after a record two-day snowfall. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland says the storm brought 34 inches on Christmas Day, a new all-time daily snowfall record for Erie.
Greg Wohlford, Erie Times-News, via AP

Birds take flight over the frigid waters below the Rum River Dam on Dec. 26, 2017 in Anoka, Minn. Wind chill advisories or warnings are in effect for all of North Dakota and Wisconsin, as well as swaths of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan and Indiana.
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With snow on the ground, a person walks across the street on Dec. 26, 2017 in Boston. The storm that gave New England a white Christmas has moved out and is being replaced by dangerous cold.
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Trevor Decker uses a bus stop for shelter from the cold wind on Dec. 26, 2017, in Pittsfield, Mass. The storm that gave New England a white Christmas has moved out and is being replaced by dangerous cold.
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